Re: No more toast?

Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:57:35 +0100
> John Williamson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On 11/10/2024 00:20, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> > > In article <[email protected]>, John Williamson
> > 
> > >> The "spoon" in question is usually referred to as  " 'Spoons", and is a
> > >> chain of eateries in the UK whose full name is Weatherspoons. They are
> > >> not known for their quality,
> > >>
> > > And there I thought we were talking about a 'greasy spoon'.  So called
> > > because they had one spoon, which was used to spoon sugar out of the
> > > only sugar bowl and then to stir the mug of strong milky tea (no coffee
> > > in those days) the spoon usually tied to the table with a piece of
> > > string. Served permutations of bacon, eggs, sausages, black pudding (if
> > > yoy were lucky) and bread smeared with what passed for margarine; always
> > > bread. Not many such basic eateries remain, probably for the better.
> > >
> > > I feel that you are being a little unfair to Weatherspoons.
> > >
> > I was writing based on personal experience.
> > 
> It's actually 'J.D.Wetherspoon' 
> https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/
> 
> and at £2.25 for a Breakfast and £1.49 a pint (at my local) during the
> Autumn Festival I shouldn't moan so much.

Yup. I like Wetherspoons. Free hot drink refills. The grub is at least as good 
as any other pub that doesn't have any Michelin stars and my wallet doesn't cry 
when I get the beers in.